8 tips for new car drivers

(Baonghean.vn) - Anyone learning to drive a car will encounter difficulties and confusion before becoming a confident driver. The following 8 tips will help new drivers quickly become confident.

1. Go by small car

When you first drive, you should avoid using large-engine, high-capacity, luxury, expensive cars. These cars have great power and fast acceleration. However, new drivers do not have enough experience to handle situations that happen too quickly.

So, when you first learn to drive, choose compact cars with engines from 1.0 to 1.4 liters, easy to repair and low cost.

2. Get familiar with vehicle operations

When getting into any car, you need to familiarize yourself with the positions on the car. Practice operating the clutch, accelerator, brake, gear lever, handbrake… when the car is not running, to remember the positions for precise operation when driving.

Adjust the driver's seat, steering wheel, and rearview mirror so that you have the best driving position, steering wheel position, and viewing angle through the rearview mirror.

3. Look at the signs

Get into the habit of looking at every traffic sign on the road, if you don't want to constantly pay fines to the traffic police.

Speed ​​limit signs, no cars signs, no stopping and parking signs, right turn signs on red lights..., all require you to observe so you don't break the law.

Don't tail tall vehicles like buses, trucks, or light trucks, you will lose all visibility and view of the sea.

4. Rearview mirror observation skills

When we first drive, we often pay too much attention to the front and forget to look at the rearview mirror. Get into the habit of looking at the mirror to observe both sides of the road and behind the car to avoid sudden situations that occur on both sides of the car.

In particular, when reversing, you should not turn your head or stick your head out the window to reverse, but practice looking in the mirror and reversing.

5. Pay attention to keeping a safe distance

Keeping your distance is the hardest thing for drivers, especially in crowded cities; Practice reading distances by finding a quiet stretch of road, asking someone to signal for you, and practice approaching and stopping before impact.

Feel and measure the safe distance between your car and the car in front. Remember, each car has a different front end length, so feeling the distance in front is very necessary when driving a strange car.

6. Right of way rule

When driving and you see the horn and turn signal to pass, you need to calmly look in the rearview mirror, if there is a safe gap, turn on the turn signal and give way, then return to the old lane. This operation needs to be precise and should not be rushed.

7. Traffic jam at the roundabout

The most important thing is to stay calm, slow down, drive in the right direction, and follow the rules. Be ready to brake, accelerate continuously, and restart if the engine stalls. The important thing is not to let the car drift or crash into another car...

8. Turn the car around

This is considered the most difficult skill for any driver. With heavy traffic conditions, cars always honking to urge, turning around on a crowded road requires more calmness than skill.

In places where there are signs allowing crossing the street, turning around, or signaling early, when approaching a place where you can turn around, slowly turn the wheel and look in the rearview mirror.

In sections where mid-road U-turns are required, it is necessary to observe and find a position where a U-turn can be made with the least impact on traffic on the road.

Ngoc Anh

(Synthetic)